Kathleen Ferrier sings Opera and Songs
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Composer or Director: Henry Purcell, Maurice Greene, Christoph Gluck, George Frideric Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, Gustav Mahler
Label: Références
Magazine Review Date: 6/1988
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 72
Mastering:
Mono
ADD
Catalogue Number: 761003-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Kindertotenlieder |
Gustav Mahler, Composer
Bruno Walter, Conductor Gustav Mahler, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Chiamo il mio ben così |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Charles Bruck, Conductor Christoph Gluck, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Netherlands Opera Chorus Netherlands Opera Orchestra |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Deh! placetevi |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Charles Bruck, Conductor Christoph Gluck, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Netherlands Opera Chorus Netherlands Opera Orchestra |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che puro ciel! |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Charles Bruck, Conductor Christoph Gluck, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Netherlands Opera Chorus Netherlands Opera Orchestra |
Orfeo ed Euridice, Movement: Che farò senza Euridice |
Christoph Gluck, Composer
Charles Bruck, Conductor Christoph Gluck, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Netherlands Opera Chorus Netherlands Opera Orchestra |
Birthday Ode, 'Come ye sons of art away', Movement: Sound the trumpet |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Gerald Moore, Piano Henry Purcell, Composer Isobel Baillie, Soprano Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) |
(The) Indian Queen |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Henry Purcell, Composer |
Ottone, Re di Germania, Movement: ~ |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
George Frideric Handel, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) |
Praise the Lord, O my soul |
Maurice Greene, Composer
Maurice Greene, Composer |
O God of my righteousness |
Maurice Greene, Composer
Maurice Greene, Composer |
(6) Duets, Movement: Ich woll't meine Lieb (wds. Heine) |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Gerald Moore, Piano Isobel Baillie, Soprano Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) |
King Arthur, Movement: ~ |
Henry Purcell, Composer
Gerald Moore, Piano Henry Purcell, Composer Isobel Baillie, Soprano Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) |
Author: Alan Blyth
Even more startling is the improvement in sound worked on the extracts from the radio broadcast of the live
The Handel solos, in spite of their spurious Somervell texts, the endearing duets with Baillie and, earliest of all, the charming Greene solos (his name misspelt ''Green'' in the booklet) show Ferrier at the start of her career in lighter and easier voice, but already disclosing that serene, smilingly sincere manner of hers that was to win so many hearts. Greene's I will lay me down in peace, the phrasing so natural, the dynamic control remarkable, says everything. All leap more freshly out of the speakers than on any previous issue.
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